Has beens Quote by Zanele Muholi

Over half a million women are raped in this country every year, and only a fraction of them report it because they're too ashamed.…

— Mariska Hargitay

Being raped does not give you the right to rape other. Being raped does not give you the right to give up on life.…

— Crystal Ann

I don't know why it's anyone's business! People do what they need to do. I did it, and it was nowhere near as traumatic…

— Margaret Cho

I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at themselves as…

— Kevin Sessums

I didn't rape myself. I'm not the one who made myself have mental trauma. Not all of it is my own doing.

— Naquitta Faith

“The mistake we make is in thinking rape isn’t premeditated, that it happens by accident somehow, that you’re drunk and you run into a…

— Scaachi Koul

But over 20 years ago I was a victim of rape. And thank god it didn't result in a pregnancy. Because I can't imagine…

— Gretchen Whitmer

“My personal experiences of openly declaring myself a survivor taught me that if you want to tell someone that their friend or acquaintance raped…

— 404 Ink

I have since talked to some of my girlfriends sexual assault and found out that they had their own experiences that they never shared…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

“When I tell someone that the most important thing a young woman can do to avoid being raped is to avoid places with lots…

— Rory Miller

What is most heartbreaking to me is the young women who don't report [being raped] because they were drinking, and they feel like it…

— Claire McCaskill

“Women are afraid of being raped and murdered all the time and sometimes that’s more important to talk about than protecting male comfort levels.”

— Rebecca Solnit